Later Life

90,000 equity release customers cut future interest costs by £116m

The Equity Release Council’s Spring 2023 Market Report has revealed that the number of...

Why being self-employed isn’t a barrier to mortgages at 50 or 90

It is generally thought that if a person is self-employed, their mortgage options are...

Mini-Budget caused mortgage overpayment spike

UK households made an unprecedented £23.3bn of mortgage overpayments in 2022, equivalent to £64m...

Charity boss to chair equity release standards committee

The Equity Release Council has appointed a new independent chair to its standards committee,...

Advise Wise extends CRM for Consumer Duty

Advise Wise has improved its sourcing platform into a fully fledged CRM system to...

Air launches National Later Life Adviser Conference

Air, the platform for later life lending professionals, has launched the registration process for...

Early retirement driving economic inactivity among over-50s in Scotland

Phoenix Insights, Phoenix Group’s longevity think tank, has published research exploring economic inactivity among...

Equity Release Supermarket makes new hires

Equity Release Supermarket (ERS) has announced the appointment of three new advisers and a...

LiveMore appoints director of marketing

LiveMore has appointed a new director of marketing as part of its plans to...

Ignore the out-of-date picture of later life lending

When it comes to advising in the later life lending space, one thing you...

Paradigm adds Pure Retirement to panel

Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has added lifetime mortgage specialist, Pure...

Equity release advisers expect house price falls

62% of equity release advisers predict that house prices will continue to fall in...

Pure Retirement launches ‘Countdown To Consumer Duty’ resources

Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has launched its dedicated series of ‘Countdown To Consumer...

Versatility required to support older borrowers’ home improvement dreams

There has been some discussion of late about getting older people moving to help...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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